By April 2023, 200 cities will be 5G enabled: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

way2barak, Nov.24: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that 200 cities will be 5G enabled by March-April 2023. The Minister was speaking about the Government’s 5G roll out plans at the  Times Now Summit 2022. “The rollout is in full swing, 2,500 5G towers are being deployed every week,” Vaishnaw noted.

When asked about the 5G Roll plan, Vaishnaw said “If you see the 5G roll out in any country across the world it takes about 3-4 years for a complete rollout, we on the other hand have taken a very aggressive target of 2 years in which we should be able to cover at least 90% of the entire geographical area of India.”

As per the 5G rollout plan shared by Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-headed telecom company is aiming to roll out the services around India by December 2023. Airtel is also aiming to provide 5G services in all key metro cities by the end of 2022 and PAN India by December 2024.